Frog legs will be among the appetizers served at Saturday Night Alive, a choice inspired by the opening lines of a Three Dog Night song.

One of Three Dog Night’s most popular songs, “Joy to the World,” begins with the line “Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine …”

The vintage rockers are here this weekend to perform at Saturday Night Alive, and so guess what will be on the appetizer menu? Right-o: frog legs.

Ribbit.

“I am guessing that we have never had these on a party menu until now,” ventures Stephanie Blackford, communications and community outreach director for Epicurean Culinary Group. “Maybe, maybe, maybe in the early days, but definitely not a top request now. It will be interesting to see how it goes.”

The dinner menu also is inspired by Three Dog Night songs and includes a first course of “Shambala Shrimp” cobb salad, and an entree of “Try a Little Tenderloin” beef tenderloin that takes its name from “Try a Little Tenderness.” The dessert buffet that follows the Three Dog Night show is based on “Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)” and will offer such choices as truffles, bananas Foster and petit-fours.

Saturday Night Alive, chaired by Ryta and Steve Sondergard, is a benefit for the Arts in Education programs of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. It is sold out.

From 1969 to 1974, the height of its popularity, Three Dog Night moved more records, sold more concert tickets and had more Top 10 hits than any other band. The group continues to tour, averaging 80 gigs a year.